2009-04-22, 15:35 | Link #201 |
Transdimensional phoenix
Join Date: Feb 2009
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I doubt it was just his shyness. His insecurity about his looks is also pretty strong, it's just not flaunted. He doesn't angst about his looks because it doesn't prove an obstacle to any of his relationships. Interestingly enough, Minori has a nice person detector apparently, so she really likes Ryuuji and initially distrusts Ami. Taiga doesn't respond to intimidation besides romantic intimidation and Ami's reasons for getting close to him were (initially) more about stealing some ugly guy from a girl she hates and then dumping him.
However, it mentions in the first chapter that because people were so afraid of him he intentionally avoids anything that might offend anybody or look threatening, therefore he could not make the first move on Minori because he was scared of scaring her and people may think he's strongarming her. Notice that he only jokes around with people he's comfortable with. He could not talk to Minori at first, but he was very comfortable with playing around with Kitamura, his mother, Inko and Taiga. |
2009-04-22, 23:34 | Link #203 | |
Alto x Ranka :)
Join Date: Dec 2008
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Ryuuji was shown to be shy in my opinion but not indecisive. I felt that he was a decent male lead and that he actually thought about his decisions carefully rather than acting on impulse which is actually a good thing in most situations.
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2009-04-23, 01:07 | Link #205 |
Alto x Ranka :)
Join Date: Dec 2008
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Yeah, I think that's a good word to describe him as well. The only problem I found with his character was how forced his relationship with Taiga felt. On Taiga's end, we had a clear understanding of her feelings but for Ryuuji, I only saw hints and such and there really was no powerful scene that solidified his true feelings for Taiga, it kind of felt like the others kind of pushed him towards her rather than him discovering it on his own.
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2009-04-23, 01:12 | Link #206 | |
Homo Ludens
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Canada
Age: 34
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Remember the scene where she offers to make chocolates for him? In the books, that's when he realizes he loves her, and there's this lengthy monologue about it. Supposedly. I only heard that second-hand. Wish the books would get translated faster. |
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2009-04-27, 16:32 | Link #207 | |
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2010-01-24, 01:36 | Link #209 |
New Macross soon
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Macross 30 Emigration Fleet
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@Van,
Since you have Internet access, you can read the fan translations at Baka-Tsuki. Consider yourself more fortunate than the ones relying only on TV5. Damn, stopping the showing after only 17 episodes. I know how it felt because I experienced something similar with Macross a decade ago. |
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